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Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
The Library Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing is a statewide special library dedicated to meeting the information and accessibility needs of the deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind communities, as well as meeting the information needs about hearing loss to all Tennesseans.
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This series presents sign language users signing the dialogues in the accompanying texts, The Green Books. Each dialogue is presented three times, the first presenting a full view of both signers and the second and third allowing the viewer to sign with the person in the dialogue. Each DVD concludes with several stories, anecdotes or poems spontaneously presented in American Sign Language.
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A series of instructional Signed English DVDs based on the sign system used at the Tennessee School for the Deaf in Knoxville, TN. There are 12 Units in the series with two DVDs per Unit: Lessons 1-4 and Lessons 5-8. Placement review DVDs covering Units I-IV; V-VIII; and IX-XII serve as reviews of the signs previously taught.
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Gives an introductory look at sign language. Vocabulary lists are enhanced by practice sentences at the end of each lesson. The signs are given in easy to read form, along with explanations designed to help jar the memory. A good beginning tape for those wishing to learn sign language and those wishing to practice a skill already known.
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Demonstrates grammatical features addressed in the 2001 Instruction Guide workbook needed to accompany the video. Grammatical aspects of ASL which are presented include: topic/comment structure; yes/no questions; wh-questions; rhetorical questions; directionality; use of space; negation; classifiers; conditional; and time sequenced ordering. Following an explanation of each grammatical component sample sentences in both PSE and ASL are presented....
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Jenna Cassell presents a lecture about living our lives fully by discussing positive and negative attitudes, fear, and expectations of ourselves and others. First, this DVD provides an opportunity for the viewer to practice expressive transliterating. Then, three master interpreters, Anna Witter-Merithew, Lou Fant, and Van (Kanda) Humphrey separately model transliterating the lecture.
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In this series more than 1200 words are taught using contact signing; 57 lessons are included. The presenter demonstrates the sign and gives a brief explanation. (The word is written on the screen but explations are not captioned.) At the end of each lesson a "Quick Quiz" consisting of three words and two sentences is given. An accompanying booklet provides additional information, practice, and listings of the vocabulary words taught in each lesson....
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An interactive DVD that presents differences between deaf and hearing cultures and is designed to help ASL and Deaf culture students become more comfortable about attending deaf community events. Included are: 18 potentially awkward situations that might occur in deaf culture interaction with three possible solutions; exercises to encourage viewers to develop the right attitude toward Deaf culture; tips on how to locate appropriate deaf community...
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In this series more than 1200 words are taught using contact signing; 57 lessons are included. The presenter demonstrates the sign and gives a brief explanation. (The word is written on the screen but explations are not captioned.) At the end of each lesson a "Quick Quiz" consisting of three words and two sentences is given. An accompanying booklet provides additional information, practice, and listings of the vocabulary words taught in each lesson....
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Rex Lowman's series of 200 sign language practice tests each consisting of 25 signed sentences for self-testing of receptive sign language skills. A minimum level of proficiency in Signed English is needed to begin the series. Each DVD becomes increasingly more difficult than the previous one.
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This DVD is designed to lead the viewer through seven sections to improve and accelerate mastery of reading fingerspelled words as a whole unit, forming fingerspelled words fluidly and accurately, and anticipating fingerspelled words based on context. An accompanying booklet is available upon request. This is not a beginning level DVD.
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Provides a sample of various manual alphabets used in 18 selected countries around world. It illustrates some of the differences and similarities between them. Each alphabet is presented 3 times - once at full speed, once in slow motion, and again at full speed. Prior knowledge of a given countries' alphabet would be useful. Alphabets from the following countries are included: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Finland,...
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